Now, there are a lot of possibilities for Kiffin being late to the party, almost missing the team’s scrimmage. Let’s take a look at the 3 most likely scenarios.

1. Nick Saban locked him out.

The relationship between Kiffin and Saban hasn’t been the smoothest. Lane got all pass happy early on before Nick put him in his place by forcing him to run the damn ball. It worked enough to get Alabama another title last season. Maybe Kiffin was back to his old tricks, just calling nothing but pass plays in practice and infuriating Saban, so he just straight up locked the man out from seeing the scrimmage.

Having the scrimmage start at 1 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon should give Kiffin plenty of time to take care of whatever he needs to take care of in the morning. However, it’s possible that Lane spent Friday night out on the town, taking a booster’s wife or Saban’s daughter to pound town. Maybe they were up until 4 a.m. doing fun things and Kiffin just lost track of time. It’s totally possible. How many times have you woken up Saturday at noon and had to hustle some chick outta bed so you can get somewhere?